Birds find haven from urban injuries at New York City treatment center
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Olivia Snarski was cleaning out the apartment of a friend who died on Tuesday when she found a bird lying against a wall with what appeared to be a broken bone.
White House says no determination yet on ‘Dreamer’ immigrants
WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) – The Trump administration is still reviewing a policy set in 2012 by U.S. President Barack Obama that protects from deportation nearly 600,000 immigrants brought into the country illegally by their parents, known as “Dreamer…
Trump acknowledges he is under investigation in Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump acknowledged on Friday he is under investigation in a probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race and possible collusion by his campaign – and seemed to assail the Justice Departmen…
U.N. envoy urges North Korea to explain why freed U.S. man is in coma
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights investigator called on North Korea on Friday to explain why an American student was in a coma when he was returned home after more than a year in detention there.
Ohio police officer in murder trial says he feared for his life
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – A former University of Cincinnati police officer on trial for the second time in the killing of an unarmed black motorist said on Friday that he feared for his life during the traffic stop when the shooting took place.
Guilty verdict in U.S. trial tying suicide to teen texting
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge found a young woman guilty of manslaughter on Friday for a series of text messages to her boyfriend urging him to commit suicide in 2014.
‘Unremarkable’ Virginia attacker shows difficulty of fighting political violence
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The most worrying thing about James Hodgkinson, experts on violent extremism say, is how unremarkable the 66-year-old home inspector from Illinois seemed until he opened fire on Republican lawmakers as they played baseba…
U.S. rescinds Obama plan for some undocumented parents
(Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly signed a memorandum on Thursday rescinding an Obama-era plan to spare some illegal immigrant parents of children who are lawful permanent residents from being deported, the department said in a st…
Annual U.S. Congress baseball game brings unity after shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of the U.S. Congress took the field for their traditional Republicans vs. Democrats baseball game on Thursday, with many wearing hats to honor Representative Steve Scalise, who was critically wounded by a gunman as his Re…
Cosby jury to return on Friday to try to break deadlock
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – The jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial concluded their fourth day of deliberation on Thursday, unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the three charges against the entertainer.
